Prague Congress Centre | |
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Address | 5. května 1640/65 |
Location | Nusle, Prague 4, Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 50°03′41″N 14°25′47″E / 50.0614°N 14.4297°E |
Built | 1976–1981 |
Inaugurated | 1981 |
Renovated | 1998–2000 |
Former names | Palace of culture Pragu (1981–1995) |
Classroom-style seating | 40–450 |
Banquet/ballroom | 40–600 |
Theatre seating | 70–2,764 |
Enclosed space | |
• Exhibit hall floor | 13,000 square metres (140,000 sq ft) |
Prague Congress Centre (Czech: Kongresové centrum Praha, shortly KCP), originally Palace of culture Prague (Czech: Palác kultury), is a large neofunctionalist building in Czech Republic capital Prague 4 district Nusle, located on the edge of Nusle Valley (Czech: Nuselské údolí), near to the Nusle Bridge and Prague Metro C station Vyšehrad. There are 70 halls, lounges and meeting rooms of various sizes in this building, with total capacity of 9,300 people.[1]
Biggest of them; Congress hall (Czech: Kongresový sál) has maximum capacity of 2,764 people.[2] Mainly congresses, musicals, meetings, festivals, and concerts are normally held in this building.